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Jurgen Klopp has made his Liverpool feelings very clear on Mohamed Salah amid Arne Slot row

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballMohamed SalahMohamed Salah has been dropped from Liverpool's last three games by Arne Slot and says he has 'no relationship' with his manager.Jurgen Klopp has previously praised Mohamed Salah as a "fantastic human being" despite a well-documented clash between the duo during their time together at Liverpool. Following Liverpool's 3-3 stalemate with Leeds on Saturday night, Salah revealed: "I used to have a good relationship (with Slot)."Now we don't have any relationship and I don't know why.



I am just going to be at Anfield and say goodbye to the fans before the African Cup of Nations, because I don't know what is going to happen when I am there."While Salah's rapport with Slot appears to have deteriorated, his former manager Klopp has championed the Liverpool icon. In comments made last year, the German lauded Salah's personality and insisted he merited a fresh contract at Anfield,"I hope he stays," he said.

I hope he stays at Liverpool."Naturally, Klopp and Salah had their own disagreements during the German's tenure at Anfield. However, Klopp was quick to dispel any notion of a lasting rift between them."I think we have the right to deal with these things completely independent of any expectations from the outside," Klopp stated at the time."If we didn't know each other for that long I am not sure how we would deal with it but we have known each other for that long and respect each other so much that it's really no problem."The best situation would be everyone is in the best place, we win the games and score loads of goals then yes, the situation probably would not have been like that because Mo wouldn't have been on the bench in the first place.